verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To decant; to purify something by straining it.
2. 2
   To separate large and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream.

Etymology

From Latin elutriare (“wash out”), from e- + lutriare (“wash”).

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